Romans 5:13 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹³ for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ [To be sure] sin was in the world before ever the Law was given, but sin is not charged to men's account where there is no law [to transgress].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Common English Bible

¹³ Although sin was in the world, since there was no Law, it wasn’t taken into account until the Law came.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ For until the law sin was in the world; but sin was not imputed, when the law was not.

Romans 5:13 Cross References

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

Genesis 18:20

And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomor´rah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

Genesis 19:32

come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 19:36

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

Genesis 38:10

And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.

Genesis 38:7

And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.

Genesis 6:11

The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Romans 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:15

because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 3:4

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.